Weekend Mag

Weekend Mag

Investigation: In FCT, education is free, but pupils pay N22,500 each

Classes are overcrowded Lack of facilities hampers quality education Why UBEC has not printed books in 3 years The Local Education Authority (LEA) Pri

Shock, déjà vu, and justice for Gen. Alkali

I was in Saudi Arabia observing the Hajj exercise when I first read about the disappearance of Major-General Idris Alkali (rtd) somewhere in Plateau S

‘I endured mosquitoes writing prize-winning book’

Soji Cole is 2018 winner of the Nigeria Prize for Literature worth $100,000. In this interview with Weekend Magazine, the University of Ibadan Playwri

China’s hidden camps: What’s happened to the vanished Uighurs of Xinjiang?

China is accused of locking up hundreds of thousands of Muslims without trial in its western region of Xinjiang. The government denies the claims, say

Two years after, Kogi rebuilds demolished roundabouts

One of the first actions of Governor Yahya Bello of Kogi State when he came to power in January 2016 was to demolish the roundabouts in Lokoja, the st